Business News Quiz – 17.03.16

1) Liliane Bettencourt has been named as the world’s wealthiest woman. Which global business is she the heir to?

Real Madrid

L’Oreal

Walmart

Holiday Inn

2) How many jobs does the British Retail Consortium forecast will be lost in the UK retail sector by 2025?

25,000

75,000

900,000

150,000

3) Where have 84% of workers voted in favour of a new pay deal to enable an all-night service to be offered?

London Underground

Ocado

NHS A&E

Dominos Pizza UK outlets

4) A new national newspaper for the UK was launched on Monday 29 February 2016. What is it called?

Independent Today

New Day

The Day Today

You Today

5) Employees of which company have had their bonuses reduced and seen canteens close?

John Lewis

Google

Tesco

British Airways

6) Which firm’s shares rose 6% on rumours of a takeover bid?

Hornby

Rolls Royce

Whitbread

Burberry

7) Which Supermarket chain has announced a fourth straight year of declining profits? Underlying profits before tax were £242m down from £345m the previous year. Total turnover was down 4.1% to £16.1bn.

Tesco

ASDA

Sainsburys

Morrisons

8) Maria Sharapova’s sponsors have cancelled their contracts over her failed drugs test. Which of these is not a sponsor?

Nike

Vans

Tag Heuer

Porsche

9) Which energy company is making 2,400 redundancies, including the closure of an office in Leeds, as it announced annual losses of €137m (£106m) compared with €227m profit in 2014? The company was recently voted as the worst for customer service.

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